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Hotel Grano de Oro vs Kura Boutique Hotel

Kura Design Villas Uvita and Hotel Grano de Oro San Jose are both endorsed by those who travel for a living. On balance, Kura Design Villas Uvita scores significantly higher than Hotel Grano de Oro San Jose. Kura Design Villas Uvita comes in at #6 in Costa Rica with positive reviews from 6 reviewers including Mr & Mrs Smith, Jetsetter and The Telegraph.

Hotel Grano de Oro
Hotel Grano de Oro
7 / 10
Calle 30, between avenida 2 y 4, San Jose 1007, Costa Rica
From $146 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Hot Tub
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
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The Telegraph The Telegraph
8.0
"This well-run, high-class heritage hotel is a favourite with international visitors looking for a characterful place to stop over in the capital before or after a tour of Costa Rica." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Inside this converted Victorian mansion, guests will find 32 rooms with Italian tile work, wrought-iron beds, and whirlpool tubs." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"The restaurant is one of the most reliably good places in town to dine and the chic rooftop patio with its two large Jacuzzi spas will almost make you forget you are in bustling San José." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top choice
"This elegant inn has 39 demure ‘Tropical Victorian’ rooms...boasts private courtyards with gurgling fountains, and a rooftop garden terrace offers two bubbling Jacuzzis." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"A 40-room boutique hotel on a quiet street...housed in a mansion from the early 1900s, the hotel feels like something from a bygone era with its elaborate wood paneling, handmade tiles"
Kura Boutique Hotel
Kura Boutique Hotel
8 / 10
Costa Ballena, Uvita, Costa Rica
From $536 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Free Breakfast
  • Shuttle Bus
  • Laundry Service
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Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
"A six-villa, adults-only aerie overlooking Ballena National Marine Park, on the southern Pacific coast." Full review
The Telegraph The Telegraph
8.0
"Lovebirds looking to escape from it all can't do better than the Kurà Design Villas, the country’s sexiest hotel." Full review
Mr & Mrs Smith Mr & Mrs Smith
"High above Uvita, Kurà Design Villas hotel has bird’s-eye views of the Pacific Ocean and dense tropical jungles." Full review
Jetsetter Jetsetter
"Mountaintop chic in the tropics, with knockout ocean views, epicurean feasts and indigenous flair." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Kura Design Villas has plenty of sex appeal. Highlights include the open-air Spa Shà, a cocktail bar with hyper-local spirits, and a dramatic infinity pool with an underwater sound system." Full review
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